tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post5593551375814892093..comments2024-01-16T03:42:46.705-05:00Comments on The Downward Spiral: Generation FAIL: Baby Boomers Suffering In The Great RecessionBill Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-55859782438825204732012-03-31T04:13:53.440-04:002012-03-31T04:13:53.440-04:00Lew..., I can understand your anger. And disgust. ...Lew..., I can understand your anger. And disgust. I was born in 1962. I turned 50 this March. On the trailing edge of the baby boom generation. I caught all the grief and very few of the benifits. Believe me as someone who also saw more than one boomer succumb to drugs, violence and a host of other ills, I tell you truly it was not all a picnic. For me it has been a ugly shock to realize that it was a fluke and not the norm, for the economy and the standard of living in this country. I feel very bad for you and the next generations that will get it much worse. Its to bad it had to end this way. I wish you and me could have had a small slice of the American dream. Instead, we both get nothing. Yours Defshepard.defshepardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029515057003737645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-5250511046316087262012-03-29T14:24:18.267-04:002012-03-29T14:24:18.267-04:00"Rather than running out of oil and/or gas an..."Rather than running out of oil and/or gas any time soon, I think the bigger danger is that we have more than enough oil and other fossil fuel energy resources to sustain us for quite a few decades if not centuries."<br /><br />Some of his points do have some validity, but CENTURIES worth of fossil fuels? Please. Of course he is an ecologist, so I wouldn't expect him to be an expert on either geology or economics.Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-27406986094521312042012-03-29T14:19:11.264-04:002012-03-29T14:19:11.264-04:00Another classic, Ben!Another classic, Ben!Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-56759914192451192212012-03-29T13:21:09.380-04:002012-03-29T13:21:09.380-04:00As a 'gen-x'er, who awoke to the demise of...As a 'gen-x'er, who awoke to the demise of it all in Rockford, IL in the middle-late 70's. I have a special disdain for the Boomers. In general I see Boomers as the greedy fucks who had it all and blew it. Bunch of smug fart sniffing twats. fuck 'em. <br />I need to go play a bunch of Mark E. Smith just to get my head sorted, now.Lew Stewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138303905174273128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-53047447613119642612012-03-29T13:10:59.298-04:002012-03-29T13:10:59.298-04:00For many, the Oil Age was great,
And supported a ...For many, the Oil Age was great, <br />And supported a fine mental state;<br />But born early or late<br />Is no reason to hate: <br />We all must accept our fate.BenjaminTheDonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-76928483411305628852012-03-29T12:55:57.687-04:002012-03-29T12:55:57.687-04:00Speaking of "progressive" boomer cornuco...Speaking of "progressive" boomer cornucopianism, here's another rebuttal of Peak Oil as a "myth," posted on the usually sane "Counterpunch." It reduces everything in PO theory to Hubbert's hypothesis, which 40 years on of course can be found to contain errors, with no mention of EROEI, and a recurring chorus of "technology will save us."<br /><br />http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/03/29/the-myth-of-peak-oil/~https://www.blogger.com/profile/07775795950513629761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-3932876016534956612012-03-29T11:40:30.803-04:002012-03-29T11:40:30.803-04:00Yep--I can't wait to see how that adjustment i...Yep--I can't wait to see how that adjustment is going to go. Not well, I would imagine.Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-2815180876722314042012-03-29T11:39:59.577-04:002012-03-29T11:39:59.577-04:00Sadly, though I empathize with the Occupy movement...Sadly, though I empathize with the Occupy movement, I have to agree. What many of them seem to want is a return to the glorious 1990s (or earlier in the case of the Tea Partiers) when everyone could get a good paying job and consume with impunity.Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-5021133728419463212012-03-29T10:58:10.990-04:002012-03-29T10:58:10.990-04:00Your analysis is spot-on, BH, much better than the...Your analysis is spot-on, BH, much better than the article. I've noticed the Panglossian world-view you describe many times among boomers, indeed it is strong in the entire demographic of those who came of age from the end of WW2 to the early 70s. It is hard to explain to many that this time of expansion was the exception, not the norm. I think the resulting cognitive dissonance is one of the key drivers behind the rise of the Tea Party, and even to a certain extent the Occupy movement. Both movements imply a restoration to a more prosperous past, but reality shall dictate otherwise.~https://www.blogger.com/profile/07775795950513629761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-49880117338574556712012-03-29T10:18:39.681-04:002012-03-29T10:18:39.681-04:00It's just returning to worldwide norms. Work f...It's just returning to worldwide norms. Work for low wages, not making enough money to live in retirement, inflation eating away your savings. Raise children, with the expectation you will live with them when you are unable to work, looking after their grandchildren. None of this gonna travel around in an RV blowing money...DaShuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731696293751625845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-39266464356846023402012-03-29T07:13:23.713-04:002012-03-29T07:13:23.713-04:00...and yet there are boomers in the 1% - some of w......and yet there are boomers in the 1% - some of whom still get those bonuses...starskeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02661141833059602897noreply@blogger.com